ADULARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ADULARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADULARIA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADULARIA is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADULARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adulariasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADULARIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ADULARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADULARIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ADULARIA
- ADULARIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ADULARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A clear or translucent kind of feldspar with a pearly glow, used as the gem moonstone.
Adularia is a potassium feldspar first described in the Swiss Alps. Its soft bluish sheen is what gives moonstone its look, and mineralogists treat it as a variety of orthoclase.
How ADULARIA is used
Adularia is used in mineralogy and in talk of gemstones.
- The jeweller cut a pale cabochon from adularia.
- Crystals of adularia grow in alpine veins.
- Adularia shows a floating blue light when turned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADULARIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADULARIA
1 longer words begin with ADULARIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ADULARIA
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Common questions about ADULARIA
- Is ADULARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADULARIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADULARIA worth?
- ADULARIA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADULARIA mean?
- A clear or translucent kind of feldspar with a pearly glow, used as the gem moonstone.
- What letters can be added to ADULARIA?
- ADULARIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ADULARIA:
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